Our Approach

Our approach is to work closely with the City of Ottawa, key community partners and seniors to achieve measurable progress across each of the 8 dimensions of the Age-Friendly Framework, specifically, outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, communication and information, social, recreational and cultural participation, civic participation and volunteering, community support and health services and respect and social inclusion.

See the How Age-Friendly is Ottawa? Evaluation Report 2017

See the Age-Friendly Community Action Plan 2015-2016

See the Age-Friendly Community Action Plan 2012-2014 Achievements

Our Successes

Measuring Results & Performance

We are committed to measuring performance and results.  The Age-Friendly Ottawa (AFO) Evaluation Working Group developed an age-friendly evaluation framework based on a Results-Accountability approach. It will allow us to measure progress toward the achievement of age-friendly results. More

Taking Charge of Your Health

Many seniors struggle to access community support and health services.  We are committed to helping seniors access and navigate more easily the system of community support and health services in Ottawa.  In 2014 we developed and implemented Take Charge of Your Health, an innovative pilot project that empowers seniors to help other seniors obtain the information they need to connect to community support and health services and make more informed healthcare decisions. More

Building an Age-Friendly Business Community

We believe that age friendly business is good business.  We want to recognize local businesses that are making an extra effort on behalf of their senior customers. We want to encourage all businesses to demonstrate a commitment to exemplary age-friendly business practices.  Our goal is to engage seniors to help us identify and recognize  more businesses in the coming year. More